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WASHINGTON ― When the Obama administration used its authority under a Depression-era law to give struggling farmers some extra help, Congress got mad and passed another law to prevent that from happening again.

Earlier this year, the legislators changed their minds and restored the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ability to use the financing authority ― just in time for President Donald Trump to dish out billions to farmers harmed by his trade agenda.

“It’s a reflection of the Congress hopefully understanding and appreciating that restricting the Secretary of Agriculture’s capacity to deal with unforeseen circumstances is probably not the best policy,” Tom Vilsack, who served as President Barack Obama’s agriculture secretary, told HuffPost.

“I guess I was unlucky,” he added.

American farmers export a lot of crops, so they are particularly vulnerable to Trump’s trade policies, which are supposedly designed to reduce the nation’s trade deficit with the rest of the world. To that end, Trump slapped tariffs on imported aluminum and steel earlier this year and has also targeted a range of Chinese imports. Just as predicted, other countries have responded with retaliatory levies on U.S. agricultural exports, which has sent commodity prices down the tubes.

Lower commodity prices result in lower farm incomes, which were already reduced 50 percent from their 2013 highs.

The Trump administration announced in July that it would create a one-time aid package worth as much as $12 billion to tide farmers over while the trade wars drag on. “This is a temporary measure to help farmers in the meantime who’ve been affected by the trade disruption,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said.

The program will be ready in September, according to the USDA, and farmers will learn how to apply for the aid this month. The agency said it will use its authority under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to pay farmers directly and to buy surplus crops. The Commodity Credit Corporation dates back to the 1930s, when the federal government first started buying up surplus crops in order to give farmers money and mitigate falling prices.

The awkward thing about the USDA’s announcement is that six years ago, Congress disallowed the Obama administration from wielding the law in similar fashion.